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Heart Disease Is Killing Caged Gorillas

Experts try to treat mystery ailment in US zoos

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 5, 2008 7:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – Gorillas in US zoos are dying from heart disease, and no one knows why, the AP reports. Zookeepers and scientists started a nationwide “Gorilla Health Project” 2 years ago to probe the causes of fibrosing cardiomyopathy, a condition that turns heart muscle into useless... Read full story »

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Experts try to treat mystery ailment in US zoos

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